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[3D14] High Temperature Hoop Deformation of Zircaloy- 4 Nuclear Fuel Cladding using Advanced Expansion due to Compression Test
Keywords:High temperature, Hoop mechanical properties, Advanced Expansion due to Compression, Zircaloy 4
The acquisition of hoop direction tensile properties is necassery for textured materials such as Zircaloy-4 nuclear fuel cladding tube. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the deformation in the hoop direction at high temperature of Zircaloy-4 using a newly developed Advanced Expansion due to Compression (A-EDC) test.
In this work Zirclaoy 4 cladding tubes were tested at temperature ranging from room temperature up to 773K. The stress-strain curves in hoop direction were derived and the effect of temperature on the tensile hoop properties was further investigated.
In this work Zirclaoy 4 cladding tubes were tested at temperature ranging from room temperature up to 773K. The stress-strain curves in hoop direction were derived and the effect of temperature on the tensile hoop properties was further investigated.